Speakerzoid | ||||
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Released | 7 August 2015 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 41:14 | |||
Label | Amplifire Music | |||
The Jungle Giants chronology | ||||
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Singles from Speakerzoid | ||||
Speakerzoid is the second studio album by Australian indie rock band the Jungle Giants. The album was released on 7 August 2015 and peaked at number 25 on the ARIA Charts.
Lead singer Sam Hales explains the title comes from his girlfriend misunderstanding a lyric in a song. He said "Someone was playing the Sonic Youth song Teenage Riot' and my girlfriend thought she was saying 'Speakerzoid' (when she was saying 'spirit desire'). After a while I just really liked the word."[5]
Upon release, Hales told The AU Review "We've always looked for the opportunity, if you've seen us live, whenever we get the chance, we'll lose our heads a bit and go crazy. With this record, we wanted to create more chances for that, more opportunities for a stage dive or anything like banging your head on guitars! It's a record that we wanted to make so that the live sets would come together as this big thing that, once you left, your brain would be a bit fried."[6]
The album was supported by an Australian tour throughout September and October 2015[6] and the US in October and November 2015.[7]